From July 6 to 9, 2023, the 8th Educational Forum on Modern Residential College System was held at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (under preparation). With the theme of “Talent Cultivation in Modern Universities — Pursue Knowledge at University”, this forum covers keynote speeches, special reports on the conference, parallel sessions, and round-table forums. As representatives of Xi’an Eurasia University, eight teachers and students were invited to discuss the reform and development of the modern residential college system with more than 400 experts, scholars, and representatives of teachers and students from more than 60 universities across the Taiwan Strait.

(Fig. 1) Group Photo of Teachers and Students at the Main Forum

(Fig. 2) Li Jiayu, Assistant Director of the Student Development Office, attends the “lighting ceremony” of the forum.

After receiving the invitation from the forum, the team composed of teachers and students from Xi’an Eurasia University did their best to make preparations. According to the characteristics of Xi’an Eurasia University, they wrote a number of papers around the management model of the residential college system, student care, and occupational career planning. Finally, three papers were included, namely Practice of Active Psychological Intervention to Improve Students’ Well-being under the Residential College System — Taking Xi’an Eurasia University as an Example, Development of Platform Organizations of the Student Affairs Department under the Residential College System from the Perspective of Organizational Development, and Research on the Application of the Residential College System Management Model in College Student Care Education.

The teachers Xie Wen and Ren Shaobo and the student Jiang Wenlong respectively delivered three sub-forum reports at the two sub-venues of Care for College Students and Residential College System Management Model Exploration and Student Organization Development, sharing the process of community reform at Xi’an Eurasia University, the status quo of its student affairs department organization and students’ psychological care education achievements. Other teachers and students present responded strongly, raised questions, and conducted discussions about the construction of the residential college system at Xi’an Eurasia University.

(Fig. 3) Keynote Speech by Teacher Xie Wen at the Sub-forum of “Care for College Students”

(Fig. 4) Keynote Speech by Teacher Ren Shaobo at the Sub-Forum of “Residential College System Management Model Exploration and Student Organization Development”

(Fig. 5) Keynote Speech by Student Jiang Wenlong at the sub-forum of “Care for College Students”

The forum covered keynote speeches, special reports on the conference, sub-forum reports, and round-table forums. Experts present at the forum focused on topics such as theoretical exploration, management models, student organization development, ideological guidance, cultural education, general courses, joint talent cultivation by two schools, educational result evaluation, student care, and career planning of college education, and had in-depth discussions on talent cultivation paths under the residential college system.

During the four-day forum, the team of teachers and students from Xi’an Eurasia University showed great enthusiasm for learning and actively studied the educational theories and research results of universities. Especially during the visit to universities and colleges, the teachers exchanged and discussed with their teachers student cultivation, student organization construction, cultural atmosphere cultivation, and one-stop student community construction, and extensively learned from the practical experience of different residential colleges.

(Fig. 6) Teacher Qin Xiangwei is studying seriously at the sub-forum.

(Fig. 7) Discussion and Exchange between teacher Bai Lining and the Dean of Zhixin College at Southern University of Science and Technology

After the forum, teachers and students conducted learning and discussion. During the discussion, everyone shared what they had learned from this forum and their thoughts about how to apply the learning results of the forum to practical education. Bai Lining, director of Queens’ Land & Drucker Youth Community, said, “This study tour has given me a more systematic understanding of the residential college model. The residential college model needs to be systematically designed from the top. Resources should be matched, systems should be set, and the old should be phased out while bringing the new, so as to develop a residential college system featuring collaborative education that combines the school system with the residential college system, combines professional education with general education, and combines first class with second class. As for the legacy of the forum, Zhao Haohao, a student of the International Youth Community, said “In the future, the community may organize some high-quality activities that reflect the concept of community culture, strengthen the publicity of community culture, and carry out etiquette education during intellectual education to broaden students’ international horizon.”

(Fig. 8) Group Photo of Teachers and Students at the Launching Ceremony

This forum brings teachers and students not only a chance for an exchange of knowledge but also an opportunity to experience and pursue the power of education. We look forward to more similar educational events that can provide our teachers and students a platform to share and learn, help improve and develop our student affairs work, and provide students with a higher-quality education service experience.

(Fig. 9) Group Photo of Teachers and Students at “High Table Dinner”